Episode 16: All about SIBO with Dr. Sabrina Kimball, ND

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, or SIBO, is a digestive disease that is frustratingly common in sensitive individuals. I’ve had a history of this condition and talk about it in several of my blog posts. In this conversation, Dr. Kimball and I dig into all things SIBO. Consider this one of your go-to resources for understanding this condition.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

A bit of my story dealing with and healing from SIBO

How Dr. Kimball became interested in and an expert treatment in SIBO

How SIBO is a new diagnosis (15 year ago), which means that it’s still emerging. Some doctors don’t yet understand it or recognize that it exists.

SIBO is a specialty and should be, in Dr. K’s opinion, because of how tricky it is to treat. The common frustrations when searching for treatment with SIBO

What SIBO is

The different types of SIBO, how they’re different and why they’re treated differently

How or why SIBO occurs

What treatment looks like and what people should be prepared for

People need to be prepared for a four to six month treatment plan to start with, even for re-treatment

The different treatment phases

How diarrhea and mixed-type SIBO can often be treated in 4-6 months, while constipation type can take much longer due to complication factors

How SIBO is tested for

The recommended and researched diet for recovery – the low-fodmap diet is the only diet researched to be effective

Monash University and their research on the fodmap diet

What fodmaps are

How to heal from SIBO if you have a pattern or history of disordered eating

How recovery is approached for vegetarians and vegans with the low fodmap diet

How important it is to have support moving through the healing of SIBO